Best MOBO for this $1500 gaming setup.

[HyperRainbow]

Purpose: to be able to upgrade in a few years and play BF3 & Skrim on max settings.

Purchased many parts below except for the PSU, CPU, MOBO, and GPU.

Which will be the best MOBO for this setup if I plan to buy another 6950 (flashed to 6970) in a few months?

Planned parts:

CPU: i5 - 2500k - possibly 2600k since I plan to overclock the 6950 to a 6970 (and crossfire with another one at a later date).

MOBO: was planning to get the asrock z68 extreme3 gen3 or the asus p8z68-v pro gen3.

GPU: PowerColor HD 6950 2GB (planning to flash to 6970 and to purchase a second one next year).

Case: 500r Corsair

PSU: Seasonic x-850

Cooling: H100 corsair

RAM: Corsair Vengence 8GB DD3 1600Mhz CL9 DIMMs

SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA III SSD

 

[amuffin]

Get rid of the ssd and you will be able to get an asus maximus 4 gene z.

 

[HyperRainbow]

I've heard many things about the MSI Z68A - G65. Could this be my best choice if I want a motherboard that would last and that could handle a stable overclocked cpu?

 

[sosofm]

MSI is a good choice too. All those boards are good to overclock 2500k

 

[amuffin]

I've heard many things about the MSI Z68A - G65. Could this be my best choice if I want a motherboard that would last and that could handle a stable overclocked cpu?

Oops I meant this board, if you get rid of the ssd you can get one of the the highest end boards out there. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760&Tpk=maximus%20iv%20extreme-z

 

[HyperRainbow]

**** Buying Tomorrow ***********


How could I know which brand to choose? I've looked at all the features and I honestly can't tell you which one I'll need. All I know is that I want to play games and over clock my i5 2500k to a stable 4.5Ghz. I'd like to spend less than $250 for the mobo so I've been looking at these options:

ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3

ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 ATX Intel Motherboard

MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

[amuffin]

**** Buying Tomorrow ***********


How could I know which brand to choose? I've looked at all the features and I honestly can't tell you which one I'll need. All I know is that I want to play games and over clock my i5 2500k to a stable 4.5Ghz. I'd like to spend less than $250 for the mobo so I've been looking at these options:

ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3

ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 ATX Intel Motherboard

MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4 ATX Intel Motherboard

Either the z68 v or the z68xp